MattyMoo

I request that should TCaAM be 'better' than Phantom Manor by an unknown metric as yet to be determined by myself; @MattyMoo be banned.

Which was, of course, called Ghost Train Smokery.
 
Now that is my true ghost train.

Best food on park during Fright Nights was from the non-Aramark run smokehouse stand, without a shadow of a doubt. Says it all really.
 

Best food on park during Fright Nights was from the non-Aramark run smokehouse stand, without a shadow of a doubt. Says it all really.
 

Ding Dong Derren is dead 🥰
 
Calling it now, this is termed as a brand new attraction...

Look's like someone has pressed the button too early on the Thorpe Park official site 😱

Look's like someone has pressed the button too early on the Thorpe Park official site 😱

Look's like someone has pressed the button too early on the Thorpe Park official site 😱

I thought this was a weird flex - having a video scheduled just to prove the fact that you knew they were making this announcement... bitter much? 😆
 
 
 

I predict - no more VR, no more Derren... and I'm going for some sort of year-round horror type attraction, because those have definitely worked brilliantly before.
 
Wouldn't surprise me if they called it Thorpe Junction.
 
Or are they going to stick in The Crows into the attraction, hence the crows flying over...?

I thought this was a weird flex - having a video scheduled just to prove the fact that you knew they were making this announcement... bitter much? 😆
 
 
 

Proceeds to be a video revealing the same entrance  sign 

Announcement is due at 10am tomorrow, whatever is happening. 

Ding Dong Derren is dead 🥰
 
Calling it now, this is termed as a brand new attraction...

Has your account has been hacked by @StevenVig?
 
I am under the impression that the new attraction will actually be called Not Derren Brown's Ghost Victorian But Actually Tube Carriage Train: Death of the Demon Turned Coughing Person - Venture into the Tunnel Which isn't a Tunnel (Revenge of the Buckwheats Against Project Exombus).* Unfortunately, that name is too long to fit into a thread title, so no new thread or renaming of threads will occur now. 
 
I look forward to riding NDBGVBATCTDotDTCPVitTWiaTRotBAPE this year.
 
*The short form of the title, more to be revealed soon!

We need a new thread now to discuss the secrets as we are now allowed to speak about them, if the mods could please assist.

To be fair it could've been renamed that a long time ago...

My new official name for it is NDBGTTDHAG: Not Derren Brown's Ghost Train The Demon Has Also Gone. Think it works.

Without a doubt - but if they've managed to pull off a total retheme in March without any prior announcement or teasing from the park (other than now) I will be majorly impressed. I suppose everybody had their sights fixed on Exodus that they didn't give a second thought to DBGTROTD. Exciting!

Ding Dong Derren is dead 🥰
 
Calling it now, this is termed as a brand new attraction...

I know this is a semi joke but someone asked if they had plans to bring in rides similar to retro squad. They replied that they already had a strong lineup of flat rides. 
 
I mean they do….but they are all of a similar age. I wonder if they are aware that they don’t last forever…

You're right Josh, it is easier said than done.    I was part of the team that moved the Belle from its old location across the lake to where it sits now. It was extremely challenging and that was when it was fully buoyant! I would be  surprised they don't demolish it in situ as that is going to be a nightmare to move

Just leave the fencing and random props/junk there and it becomes the World's First Horror Themed Picnic Area: New for 2023.
 
Merlin, sign me up!
 
Talking of horror themes - that logo. Cripes. Bet they were tempted to even use Comic Sans. 

The current state of Swarms station, I know this forum has been really critical of general upkeep and they are finally doing it (aka getting the budget)
 
HOWEVER *prepare for hypocriticalness*
 
I can just see these repairs only last a year before they go back to before and that’s not the parks fault. Unless they really keep on top of it but that’s slightly impractical for Merlin.
 
Really good to see, hopefully it will feel fresher and park have confirmed they have done similar upgrades in other queue lines. I wouldn’t assume it’s on the same scale. 
 
FYI, it’s a work in progress at the moment. It will get weathered and all that I assume